BY TRADITION

Original Southern African-inspired lore

1 record of Original Southern African-inspired lore — the beings, warnings and stories the tradition keeps, with sources.

The NightwardNight visitor · ZimbabweThe guardian-spirit of the Highveld night: a hooded warder who walks the dark with five leashed, hyena-shouldered hounds. Fearsome to look upon, but his menace is turned outward — he stands between the sleeper and whatever else moves after dark, and is remembered most often as a protector of children who wake in the small hours.